'Sanitation' definitions:
Definition of 'sanitation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being clean and conducive to health
noun
Making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing [syn: sanitation, sanitization, sanitisation]
Definition of 'Sanitation'
From: GCIDE
- Sanitation \San`i*ta"tion\, n. The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene. [1913 Webster]
- How much sanitation has advanced during the last half century. --H. Hartshorne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sanitation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antisepsis,
- decontamination,
- disinfection,
- disinfestation,
- epidemiology,
- flash pasteurization,
- fumigation,
- health physics,
- hygenics,
- hygiene,
- hygienics,
- mental hygiene,
- pasteurization,
- preventive dentistry,
- preventive medicine,
- prophylactic psychology,
- prophylactodontia,
- prophylaxis,
- public health,
- sterilization